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Archibald Alexander Speirs

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Memorial to Archibald Alexander Speirs, Paisley Abbey

Archibald Alexander Speirs (5 June 1840 – 30 December 1868) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1868.

Life

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Speirs was the son of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie House, and his wife Eliza Stewart Hagart, daughter of Thomas C. Hagart of Bantaskine. His father was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and M.P. for Richmond.[1]

At the 1865 general election Speirs was elected member of parliament for Renfrewshire. He held the seat until his death aged 28 in 1868.[2]

Speirs married Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, on 3 September 1867. They lived at Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

He was an elder in Paisley Abbey and a memorial plaque to his memory was erected on the south aisle after his death.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire
18651868
Succeeded by